down south For 5 years I have posted almost every day when I had pictures to share. For the first year I even posted when I had nothing because I had a 365 project to complete. After ...
open wide I’m currently in the process of developing the final rolls of black and white film from last year. I’m less behind than usually at this stage, but this is mostly because I didn’t shoot much ...
68 Today I got a rather large package and couldn’t quite imagine what would warrant the size of it. I hadn’t ordered anything of that shape or size: Well, the content was a barely 2cm big ...
thumbs up Roll number 3 with my new Nokton 1.1 has a shot that completely convinced me of the lens. Yes, it can be hard to focus. It’s also big, intimidating and heavy, and yes, things get ...
stop For those of you who have been following my blog for a while, you probably know that I have a preference for classical grain film. My favourite and most used emulsions – Kentmere 400 / ...
a red moment When I was looking through my work from last year I could see that I reached a certain visual coherence despite a significant amount of experimentation on my part. The year before it seemed to me as if ...
painted face The other day I realised that the constant companion of a camera with a light meter has not worsened my ability to guesstimate, but improved it. Thanks to the light meter I can always confirm ...
goal Occasionally the leader of bulk loaded film tears in the Leica at the beginning of the roll and I might end up shooting a roll of ghost pictures into oblivion before I notice. Today I ...
attention The other day we went for a little walk on a very warm and summery day – it’s only the beginning of November after all – and I had the opportunity of shooting some ISO ...
doors Even if I were trying to shoot a lot, it would be rather difficult these days. The streets seem empty most of the time and I also don’t really feel inspired. I guess we all ...
the best pizza After a few weeks of studying Russian I re-watched a Russian movie that I watched with English subtitles at the beginning of this endeavour. Back then I only understood a few words, but by now ...
deep shadows One of my biggest problems is that I have many interests and I’m not very good at multitasking. I try never to do more than two projects at the same time, because only proper focus ...
hold on After a deadline yesterday I’m now embracing a new found freedom that allows me to work more according to my own priorities rather than towards the usual necessities of the academic process. I’ve therefore used ...
apple I was 3 shots short of finishing a roll today, but it was a good day nevertheless, especially considering that it’s actually only the third roll this month. I also finished the last bit of ...
oranges I’ve been struggling to finish the roll I had in my Leica, but today I finally managed on a walk through the neighbourhood. It was surprisingly warm today, rather summery in fact, so the weather ...
night skating The last few days I was very busy with work and my health wasn’t too cooperative either, so I didn’t spend much time on photography. I was very productive photographically over the summer, so I ...
feed me Today was the official start of autumn and that means that it’s the time of the year when I need to start pushing my film. It gets a little colder and darker, and even a ...
on the outside I rarely take a day off, but occasionally it happens that I neither shoot, nor develop, nor scan, nor edit. These are rare occasions, but they do happen, even if usually not by choice. This ...
taxi Today I spent most of my time editing pictures. Of the last 10 rolls from Argentina I now only have 3 more left to do, 2 of which need colour correction, and so far I’m ...
final call It has been roughly a year since I first thought of going all film and since the end of October 2014 I haven’t shot a serious picture with a digital camera. In fact I try ...
